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Former Seattle Sonic star Shawn Kemp sentenced in Pierce County court
Shawn Kemp was sentenced Friday in a Pierce County court to 30 days of home monitoring for his role in the Tacoma mall shooting case.
TACOMA, Wash. - Former Seattle Sonics star Shawn Kemp was sentenced Friday to 30 days home detention after pleading guilty to second-degree assault for a 2023 shooting at the Tacoma Mall.
Kemp was initially charged with assault over a shooting outside the Tacoma Mall in 2023.
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Former Seattle Sonic Shawn Kemp to be sentenced
Former Seattle Sonics star Shawn Kemp pleaded guilty to assault in a 2023 Tacoma Mall shooting. He is scheduled to be sentenced Friday afternoon.
He says he fired a gun in self-defense, while confronting two men who broke into his truck, claiming the men broke into his truck in Seattle.
Kemp's plea agreement allowed his defense to ask the judge for no jail time.
A judge sentenced Kemp to 30 days electronic home monitoring, 12 months community custody, and he must do 20 hours of community service per month in the Tacoma/Pierce County area.
The backstory:
Kemp, who allegedly had his truck broken into, tracked his stolen phone using an app and confronted Dajuan Jackson and Joshua Puente.
The ex-NBA star initially interacted with the accused car prowlers in the Emerald Queen Casino parking lot, where they dumped Kemp's items onto the side of the road, according to court documents.
Dajuan Jackson (left) and Joshua Puente (right)
On the afternoon of March 8, 2023, Kemp once again tracked down Jackson and Puente, this time at the Tacoma Mall, where he made another attempt to recover his belongings.
Kemp's attorneys claim Puente fired a round from a handgun at Kemp, and Kemp returned fire in an attempt to disable their Toyota. The shooting was captured on video.
Tacoma police arrived at the scene and arrested Kemp. He was booked into jail and released a day later after no charges were initially filed.
The Source: Information in this story came from original reporting by FOX 13 Seattle.
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